Next-door neighbour remanded on Joanna Yeates murder charge

Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak, Miss Yeates's next-door neighbour, was remanded at Bristol Magistrates' Court yesterday charged with killing the 25-year-old landscape architect.

The 32-year-old, of Canynge Road, Clifton, Bristol, could be back in court today, however, to apply for bail.

He was arrested last Thursday, and is understood to have been detained at an address in Aberdeen Road, Cotham, about a mile from his home, where he is thought to have been staying.

Yesterday, he spoke only to confirm his name, age and address and no details of the prosecution case against him were given in court.

Takab was charged with murdering Miss Yeates sometime between December 16 and December 26.

She disappeared on December 17 and her body was discovered on Christmas Day.

A Dutch interpreter was present but Tabak did not appear to have difficulty understanding proceedings during the two-minute hearing.

He lived next door to Miss Yeates with his girlfriend Tanja Morson, an analyst for Dyson, in Malmesbury, Wiltshire.

His arrest was the second to be made by detectives since Miss Yeates's frozen body was found dumped in a lane on the outskirts of Bristol on December 25 by a couple walking their dog. She had been strangled.

University graduate Miss Yeates disappeared after going for Christmas drinks with colleagues at her architectural firm in Bristol.

Her boyfriend, Greg Reardon, 27, reported her missing after he returned to the rented flat they shared on December 19 following a weekend away visiting family in Sheffield.

Paul Cook, representing Tabak, confirmed his client wished to apply for bail and said Tabak would be present for that application today.

Miss Yeates's landlord, Chris Jefferies, 66, was arrested on December 30 and questioned for three days on suspicion of murder before being released on bail.